About MetaCPAN

MetaCPAN is an open source search engine for the Comprehensive Perl Archive
Network (CPAN), an ever growing archive of code and
documentation for the Perl programming language. This includes a
comfortable web-based view and a first class mirror of the canonical
CPAN content.

We are a relatively young open source project. In November 2015, MetaCPAN
will be 5 years old. It's old enough to have become an important and well
utilized part of the Perl world, but it's also young enough to have lots of
room to evolve. As you will see we have many ideas and encourage more
suggestions.

Using the API

You can use and abuse the info you get from the API in any way you like. If
you don't like the search engine, you can even use the API to build your own
CPAN search. So, while the search site is the public face of MetaCPAN, its
true value lies in an API which provides Perl hackers everywhere with the power
to build their own complex search queries for extracting data from and about
the CPAN.

Help wanted

We are always in need of more contributors, see our
development section.